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Kind of just want to turn your attention to this series, i watched the first 4 episodes.
http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse
Its in the moderate future, Earth is polluting normal Eearth, Mars is being terraformed and they have huge mining operations going on for water Ceres, who are dependend on deliveries from the planets.
These 3 factions are in a cold war and then something happens that tips the balance.
Give it a try, it got better with each episode and the 4th one was pretty crazy Its not episodic and the style is a bit like BSG if that helps
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It's based on the best-selling and really good novel series by James S.A Corey (pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), and the adaption is -- surprisingly -- both very faithful to the source material, and really good. This is easily the best "hard" sci-fi show in a bunch of years, which is a bit surprising considering that Syfy are behind the wheel. Really impressed by the first four episodes, and unless the quality drastically drops off (strongly doubt that), it's only going to get better.
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Books are great and very funny.
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Ep1 was pretty enjoyable, firing up Ep2. This is probably a book series I would like to read. I'll have to put it on a list. I think this show is what I wished Dark Matter had been.
edit: Definitely a must-watch for all sci-fi fans. If I had friends I would recommend it to them.
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On December 18 2015 11:19 ObviousOne wrote: Ep1 was pretty enjoyable, firing up Ep2. This is probably a book series I would like to read. I'll have to put it on a list. I think this show is what I wished Dark Matter had been.
edit: Definitely a must-watch for all sci-fi fans. If I had friends I would recommend it to them.
If you have a Kindle or the like I'll buy you the first book
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The audio book are also very well done with the exception of number 4, which has a different narrator. But god bless Jefferson Mays, who does his best to pull off every accent and voice. Its a great way to enjoy the books if you don't have time to read.
I really like the hard sci-fi of the series that deals with the issues of gravity, making food in space(its really hard), ship to ship combat beings super crazy dangerous and stupid. In a world without "shields", super metals and magic "tractor beams", the greatest weapon is a huge rock with an engine strapped on the back. And you only need one to destroy a planets bio sphere.
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I didn't know the books existed before the tv series came out (kinda like with GoT, lol) but now i am interested in it. The only thing which kinda makes me question if i should read it are a lot of people saying the series gets worse with each book. Would you say this is true? On the other hand a lot of people said the same about asoiaf after book three, which i didn't really agree with either soooo....
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That is not true at all, imo. If anything the serious gets better and more fun after each book, with the 4th book being the “weakest”. I know some people have problem with the series because “people do irrational, stupid things that make no sense” because a lot of hard sci-fi fans are used to everyone being a rational actor.
That is one of the main reasons why I like the series. The science is grounded and humanity is humanity. We didn’t magically fix our social problems, people being short sighted and people having the best intent but disagreeing on how to solve a problem.
Book 4-5 are a lot of set up to a bigger story and don't have the super satisfying resolutions of the first 3.
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Ok thanks. I guess i will just give it a try then Just one question (without spoilering :D) When you say they do "irrational, stupid things that make no sense". Is that in like 'to advance the plot no matter what' ? Or can you at least see the motivation for these actions. Personally i dislike the former quite a bit too, at least if it's too obvious.
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On December 19 2015 01:46 The_Red_Viper wrote:Ok thanks. I guess i will just give it a try then Just one question (without spoilering :D) When you say they do "irrational, stupid things that make no sense". Is that in like 'to advance the plot no matter what' ? Or can you at least see the motivation for these actions. Personally i dislike the former quite a bit too, at least if it's too obvious.
The irrational, stupid things they do are very much in character.
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Yes. The things they do only seems irrational and stupid because the reader has far more information and perspective than the characters taking the actions. The characters 100% believe they are doing the right thing for themselves and the people they want to protect.
The other nice thing about the series is that Holden isn’t this perfect human and makes bad calls. But it is totally believable and you still want to cheer for him. He isn’t the best at any specific “skill” but the series does a great job of showing that leadership and trustworthiness are valuable things. And he is very funny.
And some of the side characters in the later books are amazing. Chrisjen Avasarala one of the most constantly enjoyable characters in the series.
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Ok great! Ordered the first book now. Will post a little review when i have read it (and during the reading some parts too)
Edit: Wait, this is for the tv series only i guess? Not again THIS problem, hehe
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Just watched the first ep, haven't had this kind of feeling from a sci-fi series since BSG. Pretty excited to see where it goes
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On December 19 2015 00:17 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 18 2015 11:19 ObviousOne wrote: Ep1 was pretty enjoyable, firing up Ep2. This is probably a book series I would like to read. I'll have to put it on a list. I think this show is what I wished Dark Matter had been.
edit: Definitely a must-watch for all sci-fi fans. If I had friends I would recommend it to them. If you have a Kindle or the like I'll buy you the first book Thank you kindly, that's very generous of you but I snatched the series up already. Gonna start reading after I wrap up this third season of Luther (brilliant BBC detective show that I highly recommend if you like the genre) which is currently working on its fourth season.
Found out there's a short story on the syfy website as a kind of prequel to the story/show: http://www.syfy.com/theexpanse/drive/
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Yeah, I also read the books and I was waiting for the TV Show.
I was a bit surprised to see that it actually delivered. I had very little faith in Syfy and they proved me wrong. Episode 4 is really fucking good. I can't wait to see more. No spoiler ofc, but to all of you who haven't read the books: a lot of crazy shit is coming, buckle up.
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Definitely the best sci-fi series since BSG based on the four episodes so far. And since it's based on a book series I'm hopeful it could actually have a sensible series arc -- something that BSG mostly lacked. Though I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up for another B5 quite yet.
The hard sci-fi is really nice change of pace: No artificial gravity, accelerating that takes time and effort, mass drivers etc. The production values are also great. Especially episode 4 was very good.
I may have to start listening to the audiobooks as well.
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watched the first 4 episodes, best first 4 episodes of a new series I have seen in quite a while. brb going to buy the books
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yeah was really happy i saw this thread and started watching it only wish it been out for like 3-4 season and there heaps of episodes to watch,first 4 were crazy good decent acting,solid story line,and the look like they have spent some decent cash on production/sets ect
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ok watched the first 4. Game of thrones In motherfucking space
how could this not be the best SF series of all time ?
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